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Noun
▲
A special or particular emphasis
stress
emphasis
importance
priority
prominence
underscoring
accentuation
weight
insistence
significance
inflectionUS
beat
inflexionUK
underline
ictus
protraction
force
highlight
urgency
import
emphasisingUK
attention
emphasizingUS
highlighting
notice
“There was a mismatch between theory and understanding, when the accent should have been on continuous learning.”
Noun
▲
A distinctive way of pronouncing a language, especially one associated with a particular country, area, or social class
pronunciation
articulation
inflexionUK
inflectionUS
intonation
enunciation
tone
brogue
diction
elocution
modulation
cadence
timbre
burr
delivery
drawl
speech
twang
utterance
accentuation
orthoepy
metreUK
meterUS
speech pattern
stroke
tonality
manner of speaking
tone of voice
pitch
sound
statement
declaration
assertion
formulation
announcement
remark
pronouncement
word
asseveration
wording
mention
vent
verbalism
revelation
explanation
exposition
choice of words
turn of phrase
words
commentary
vociferation
exclamation
phrase
idiom
narration
elucidation
term
rendition
comment
proclamation
set phrase
observation
ventilation
talk
oratory
declamation
public speaking
interpretation
definition
writ
argument
issue
speech-making
affirmation
profession
testimony
disclosure
airing
protestation
avowal
averment
ejaculation
tabling
venting
spiel
acknowledgmentUS
acknowledgementUK
talking
setting forth
broadcast
publication
allegation
shout
call
mutter
roar
song
tongue
murmur
yell
cry
vocalism
representation
publicizingUS
publicisingUK
means of expression
rhetoric
raising
voice production
speechmaking
divulgation
mouthing
eloquence
dramatic
reading
speechcraft
intimation
skinny
brief statement
introduction
coherent speech
voice culture
adage
maxim
opinion
testimonial
account
proverb
divulgence
communiqué
evidence
report
quote
platitude
quotation
motto
aphorism
saw
axiom
manifestation
attestation
promulgation
formula
reflection
confirmation
oath
old chestnut
idiomatic expression
narrative
dictum
bulletin
rundown
thought
guarantee
insistence
vow
pledge
proof
validation
certification
claim
avouchment
charge
assurance
aside
expounding
description
relation
picture
manifesto
presentment
affidavit
deposition
maintenance
rant
peroration
reply
discourse
thesis
oration
sentence
noise
note
response
expression of facts
reckoning
expression of views
blow-by-blow
advertisement
answer
information
story
bomb
notice
say so
hot air
admission
two cents' worth
more ❯
“Young Frank in particular has a classic southern accent and pronunciation.”
Noun
▲
A distinct emphasis given to a syllable or word in speech by stress or pitch
emphasis
force
stress
accentuation
beat
rhythm
ictus
prominence
cadence
pulse
timbre
tone
primary stress
secondary stress
tempo
time
metreUK
meterUS
cadency
modification
swing
measure
shift of accent
syncopation
pattern
sequence
flow
lilt
pace
bounce
speed
rate
momentum
sway
motion
feet
poetry
mora
structure
groove
rhythmus
upswing
inflexionUK
inflectionUS
lick
velocity
clip
frequency
alacrity
celerity
swiftness
fastness
expeditiousness
quickness
rapidity
briskness
hurriedness
rapidness
promptness
progress
acceleration
fleetness
rate of knots
more ❯
“TO-mah-to, they called them in Calcutta, with the accent on the first syllable, making no distinction between singular or plural.”
Noun
▲
A mark on a letter, typically a vowel, to indicate pitch, stress, or vowel quality
diacritic
mark
sign
accent mark
diacritical mark
“FYI - I had to leave out some of the accent marks on some of the Spanish words.”
Noun
▲
Language as a system rather than language in use, including the formal rules, structures, and limitations of language
verbalization
articulation
communication
enunciation
pronunciation
diction
vocalisationUK
vocalizationUS
elocution
expression
parlance
conversation
speaking
talk
discourse
tone
utterance
vocalisingUK
vocalizingUS
voice
voicing
dialect
dialogueUK
dialogUS
discussion
doublespeak
idiom
intercourse
jargon
language
lingo
locution
palaver
prattle
prose
spiel
tongue
vernacular
expressing
double talk
mother tongue
native tongue
oral communication
vocal expression
statement
talking
declaration
formulation
announcement
verbal expression
assertion
revelation
proclamation
mention
airing
uttering
pronouncement
ventilation
tabling
venting
vociferation
exclamation
asseveration
setting forth
recitation
commentary
presentation
broadcast
exposition
elucidation
publication
narration
publicizingUS
recital
writing
publicisingUK
verbal communication
spoken communication
converse
interaction
means of expression
pidgin
creole
patter
remark
opinion
comment
observation
reflection
delivery
thought
raising
saying
rant
thesis
oration
sentence
noise
peroration
vent
reply
note
ejaculation
response
mouthing
divulgation
coherent speech
more ❯
Noun
▲
Accessories, extras
trimmings
accessories
add-ons
appurtenances
embellishments
extras
side dishes
accompaniments
additions
bits and pieces
clippings
decorations
fixings
frills
garnish
ornaments
supplements
trappings
paraphernalia
furnishings
accoutermentsUS
equipment
appointments
accoutrementsUK
fixtures
gear
fitting
embellishment
ornamentation
stuff
more ❯
Noun
▲
A particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group
dialect
language
lingo
patois
idiom
jargon
vernacular
tongue
argot
brogue
cant
-ese
jive
localism
localisms
patter
provincialism
provincialisms
regionalisms
shop
shoptalk
slang
speech
terminology
vocabulary
acrolect
basilect
idiolect
local language
local parlance
local speech
local tongue
parlance
pronunciation
regionalism
regional language
sociolect
-speak
talk
local lingo
non-standard language
variety of language
babble
rubbish
jabber
bull
claptrap
hogwash
double-talk
jabberwocky
garbage
blether
malarkey
blabber
burble
slobber
gibber
baloney
poppycock
chatter
tripe
rot
flapdoodle
bosh
hooey
hocus-pocus
trash
argle-bargle
gab
jabbering
hot air
ranting
hokum
bilge
piffle
tosh
eyewash
codswallop
phooey
dribble
cobblers
wack
blathers
cack
havers
balls
tommyrot
applesauce
gammon
bushwa
cod
toffee
bulldust
rambling
crapola
pap
stuff and nonsense
chuntering
blubbering
tattling
murmur
blah-blah
gossip
idle talk
silliness
foolishness
senselessness
madness
buzzword
blah
prating
gibbering
flannel
wittering
moonshine
empty talk
waffling
blatherskite
prate
horsefeathers
yabbering
yammer
yak
muttering
yackety-yak
yatter
natter
twattle
clamorUS
clamourUK
scat
clack
trivial talk
deceit
smoke and mirrors
jibber-jabber
sophistry
story
saga
technobabble
obscuration
all Greek
ravings
explanation
overelaboration
excuse
yarn
account
nonsense talk
babbling
chattering
mere words
cackling
verbal communication
catchword
spoken communication
tattle
rigamarole
crock
byword
nattering
small talk
chit-chat
bafflegab
folly
fiddlesticks
humbug
boloney
trifle
blither
axiom
slogan
muck
fudge
hokeypokey
stupidity
frivolity
slush
jazz
nuts
froth
malarky
absurdity
frippery
hoodoo
blarney
taradiddle
buncombe
tarradiddle
ridiculousness
flummery
drool
trumpery
officialese
fuzzword
psychospeak
foolery
BS
flightiness
jest
inanity
untruth
fiddle
fatuity
joke
thoughtlessness
kak
irrationality
imprudence
ludicrousness
deception
punk
folderol
beans
nerts
idiocy
falderal
giddiness
gushing
fiddle-faddle
mediaspeak
policyspeak
amphigory
footle
macaronics
self-help
pop psych
catch phrase
song and dance
more ❯
Noun
▲
Importance
significancy
importance
attention
caliberUS
calibreUK
concern
concernment
consequence
distinction
emphasis
gravity
influence
interest
materiality
moment
momentousness
notability
paramountcy
precedence
preponderance
preponderancy
priority
relevance
seriousness
standing
stress
usefulness
weight
weightiness
significance
bearing
denotation
drift
effect
force
gist
point
purport
sense
signification
substance
tenor
value
consideration
impact
urgency
implication
meaning
applicability
note
severity
prominence
enormity
worth
noteworthiness
esteem
merit
salience
exigency
matter
application
stake
graveness
more ❯
Noun
▲
Rough projection
burr
briar
buzz
circle
cut
halo
knob
notch
nut
pad
rib
ring
sticker
tunnel
washer
whetstone
rough projection
Noun
▲
A thing which can be added to something else in order to make it more useful, versatile, or attractive
accessory
add-on
attachment
adjunct
appendage
extra
addition
component
supplement
appurtenance
accouterment
accoutrement
adapter
adaptor
appliance
convenience
fitment
option
retrofit
extension
accompaniment
appendix
auxiliary
fixture
help
trim
additional component
accessary
addendum
additive
codicil
postscript
afterword
excursus
augmentation
coda
tailpiece
increment
increase
P.S.
sequel
postlude
continuation
extravagance
treat
snap-in
luxury
growth
wing
epilogueUK
branch
penthouse
ell
index
table
sample
notes
verification
epilogUS
top-up
back matter
supplementary building
subscript
allonge
afterthought
step up
proliferation
more
accrual
raise
expansion
uptick
rise
sidebar
end matter
bell
spin-off
pullout
section
insertion
more ❯
Noun
▲
A thing that can be heard
sound
noise
din
racket
note
tone
bang
resonance
reverberation
hubbub
report
row
chord
cry
music
peep
squeak
tenor
clank
clatter
crash
crunch
echo
hum
intonation
jangle
jingle
loudness
modulation
pitch
ringing
softness
sonance
sonancy
sonority
sonorousness
splash
static
swish
thud
tinkle
vibration
voice
loud sound
more ❯
Verb
▲
To emphasize, stress, or indicate the importance of
highlight
accentuate
stress
emphasiseUK
emphasizeUS
underline
underscore
foreground
feature
heighten
point up
illuminate
play up
press
punctuate
spotlight
call
draw attention to
bring attention to
bring home
call attention to
focus attention on
give prominence to
intensify
make more noticeable
make more prominent
bring to the fore
give emphasis to
lay emphasis on
place emphasis
put emphasis on
give weight to
put stress on
put the accent on
more ❯
“She had a round face accented by a little white cap.”
Verb
▲
To mark emphatically
emphasiseUK
emphasizeUS
stress
accentuate
give emphasis to
lay the emphasis on
lay the stress on
place the stress on
put the stress on
place the emphasis on
put the emphasis on
put the force on
underline
italicizeUS
underscore
bring out
italiciseUK
place the accent on
lay emphasis upon
Verb
▲
To put into italics
italiciseUK
italicizeUS
stress
emphasiseUK
emphasizeUS
accentuate
underscore
underline
highlight
punctuate
spotlight
feature
headline
press
mark
repeat
weight
assert
affirm
impress
indicate
enunciate
reiterate
articulate
charge
dramatiseUK
dramatizeUS
pinpoint
pronounce
enlarge
limelight
maintain
hit
point up
bring out
play up
dwell on
insist on
point out
rub in
make emphatic
bear down
make clear
labor the point
make a point
make much of
put accent on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Be dramatic
overplay
exaggerate
maximiseUK
maximizeUS
overdo
overemphasiseUK
overemphasizeUS
overpitch
overstate
overuse
accentuate
dramatiseUK
dramatizeUS
hyperbolize
magnify
mug
overact
overdraw
overstress
overwork
stretch
blow out of proportion
get carried away
ham it up
labor at
lay it on thick
point up
show off
amplify
inflate
quote out of context
pervert
garble
bend
misstate
put a spin on
twist
misinterpret
manipulate
cook
misrelate
slant
misattribute
put words in somebody's mouth
take out of context
disguise
belie
warp
fake
massage
spin
varnish
promote
bias
mangle
give a false account of
stretch a point
magnify importance
make larger
put-on
overcalculate
allow too much for
over-embroider
over-embellish
over-colour
fill out
doctor
overwrite
change
juggle
dwell upon
add detail to
blow-up
enlarge on
exaggerate information
go into detail about
spread on thick
make mountain out of molehill
distend
ginger up
overelaborate
yeast
add flesh to
jazz up
muddle
pound
rehash
repeat
patch
fix
interfere with
fiddle with
tinker with
fiddle
alter
tamper with
over-praise
soft-soap
flatter
embellish the truth
pay extravagant compliments
sweet-talk
give fulsome praise
quote
misrender
mistranslate
quote incorrectly
parody
beat a dead horse
hammer home
poison
airbrush
lay on with a trowel
conceal
travesty
cheese
adulterate
blarney
phony up
blow smoke
give a false idea of
miscolor
cloak
pass off
trump up
cover up
beard
mask
equivocate
palter
skew
pirate
confuse
angle
prevaricate
dress
con
snow
elevate
dignify
gloss over
advance
ennoble
canonizeUS
ensky
enshrine
glorify
deify
enrich
enthrone
empower
jack up
hike up
jump
distinguish
honourUK
acclaim
applaud
commend
make much of
praise
canoniseUK
honorUS
parlay
more ❯
Verb
▲
Produce words vocally
pronounce
say
articulate
enunciate
sound
utter
voice
vocaliseUK
vocalizeUS
express
speak
stress
enounce
phonate
verbaliseUK
verbalizeUS
declare
state
announce
proclaim
deliver
communicate
tell
make known
mouth
impart
convey
assert
affirm
put into words
more ❯
Verb
▲
To furnish with accessories
accessorizeUS
complement
supplement
adorn
augment
decorate
embellish
ornament
beautify
add to
enhance
garnish
pretty
suit
trim
bedeck
grace
bedizen
deck
equip
festoon
furbelow
go with
set off
show off
dress up
pretty up
add on
add ornament
deck out
accessoriseUK
tart up
get up
do out
bejewel
swathe
furbish
cover
hang
bespangle
edge
titivate
improve
befrill
hem
fringe
make up
braid
glamorizeUS
preen
crown
border
glamoriseUK
pipe
spiff up
refurbish
redecorate
renovate
work
fix
shape
clothe
loop
thread
attire
bedight
beribbon
apparel
wallpaper
paper
fasten
slick
stud
brighten up
revamp
gentrify
set
rig out
add ornament to
clean up
tidy up
style
lard
gem
attach
do something out
wreath
form
package
rig
constitute
flesh out
adapt
tailor
glaze
fit
mense
bind
rim
tassel
make beautiful
show
display
present
remodel
spangle
make pretty
make attractive
stencil
retouch
befringe
purfle
inscribe
illustrate
add the finishing touch to
lift
varnish
accouter
appoint
complete
zhoosh
stitch
sew
toilet
invest
habit
garment
garb
vesture
costume
robe
gown
enrobe
cut
gift-wrap
ginger up
overdo
enlarge
zhoosh up
fudge
amplify
overstate
aggrandize
chase
make
overdress
give details
give something a facelift
groom
brush
comb
arrange
smooth
tidy
fashion
add bells and whistles
pattern
cross-stitch
quilt
knit
fit out
freshen
become
line
tool
trig
plume
tog out
tog up
sprinkle
dot
plaster
weave pattern
touch up
freshen up
prink up
star
light
befit
rivet
secure
boss
sequin
put in best light
go well with
look good on
be appropriate to
look right on
do something for
flatter
show to advantage
pimp out
pimp up
cover with paper
hang wallpaper on
paste up
fit with studs
more ❯
Verb
▲
To omit a sound or a letter from a word
syncopate
shorten
curtail
abbreviate
dock
truncate
abridge
elide
modify
play
shift
stress
swing
cut back
reduce
cut
decrease
trim
contract
clip
crop
cut down
cut short
lessen
diminish
prune
shrink
slash
pare down
condense
abate
ease
drop
moderate
downscale
de-escalate
taper
lighten
weaken
attenuate
quell
depreciate
deplete
depress
decrement
temper
dent
scale down
ebb
wind down
knock down
mitigate
tail off
shave
make cutbacks in
tone down
wane
alleviate
bring down
decline
devaluate
remove
sink
soften
erode
lop off
subside
dilute
impair
peter out
capsulize
drop off
detach
make less
pollard
step down
cut back on
blunt
whittle down
degrade
slacken
relax
axeUK
wear away
wear down
tighten
shrivel
narrow down
axUS
dial down
let up
fall off
salami-slice
take the edge off
ease off
constringe
taper off
nip
poll
mow
chop off
drain
hack off
take off
skive
phase down
slump
fade
settle
waste
terminate
dry up
slow down
sever
dampen
allay
deaden
cheapen
stop
end
wither
palliate
compact
evaporate
discount
make smaller
assuage
dull
leave unfinished
run low
die down
downgrade
couch
eliminate
collapse
consolidate
squeeze
devalue
undervalue
capsule
excise
take down
trim back
trim down
amputate
recede
shape
deflate
deduct
detruncate
hew
whittle away
turn down
write down
neaten
scrimp
write off
ratchet down
make reductions in
become smaller
tidy up
phase out
grow smaller
cut shorter
fall away
even up
grow less
quiet
decay
droop
degenerate
rebate
minimalize
ration
conflate
scale something down
undermine
sap
calm down
deteriorate
crumble
lose edge
slack off
tail away
mute
damp
muffle
hack
disempower
adjust
remit
subdue
stifle
fall
recapitulate
relent
cushion
soothe
expurgate
bowdlerizeUS
mollify
tame
commute
keep down
miniaturizeUS
plummet
plunge
cut down on
make fewer
damp down
slice
reprise
brief
recap
fleece
retrench on
take the bite out
take the sting out
saw
miniaturiseUK
break
bowdleriseUK
barber
tonsure
cut something short
put down
reduce greatly
peter
make weaker
die out
become less
die away
slacken off
wrap up
disengage
cut into a bob
demote
reduce punishment
make a outline of
cut in price
lower in price
delete
confine
omit
bring to a premature end
undersell
lower the price of
make cheaper
put on sale
precipitate
thicken
keep to a minimum
keep at a minimum
cause to fall
ease up on
solidify
coagulate
decoct
rationalizeUS
offer at a giveaway price
reduce the price of
subtract
render worthless
bring to an untimely end
densen
sum
summate
inventory
rationaliseUK
thin
disgrade
demerit
drive down
decapitate
skim
press together
pack into
separate
take in
lose ground
get smaller
budget cut
tune down
roll down
scale back
trim away
tidy
ream
exclude
gut
thin out
knock off
pinch back
cream
cleave
shave off
file off
scrape off
abscise
dissever
dismember
remove surgically
disconnect
part
finish
discontinue
shear off
hew off
saw off
slice off
interrupt
suspend
cut away
freeze
quit
postpone
stop dead
call a halt
stop cold
bring to an end
put a stop to
break short
stop in full flow
extenuate
amortiseUK
cast down
qualify
amortizeUS
close
more ❯
Verb
▲
To become or make more intense
intensify
boost
increase
heighten
strengthen
raise
concentrate
escalate
extend
deepen
magnify
reinforce
sharpen
amplify
augment
enhance
step up
widen
compound
add to
aggravate
exacerbate
redouble
accentuate
broaden
build up
consolidate
emphasiseUK
emphasizeUS
expand
gain strength
inflame
pick up
quicken
worsen
aggrandize
amp up
beef up
brighten
darken
exaggerate
exalt
intensate
lighten
make worse
point
rise
rouse
spike
stress
whet
add fuel
heap on
heat up
pile on
set off
tone up
pour it on
puff out
bulge
continue
drag out
pad out
draw out
elongate
string out
supercharge
tumefy
intumesce
double up
stretch out
expound
diversify
increase twofold
poke
ratchet up
mend
become distended
hone
vitalize
bring alive
invigorateUS
open
become bigger
blow out
draw
reach
envigorateUK
proceed
give substance to
work on
prolongate
let out
polish up
round out
spin out
make longer
manifold
aggregate
peak
charge
power up
modify
increase exponentially
become more numerous
outspread
outstretch
tend
bulk
keep alive
keep going
carry on
increase in scope
branch out
turbocharge
pull out
broaden one's horizons
extend one's operations
duplicate
wire-draw
bulk up
protrude
belly
repeat
get fat
explain
fatten up
gain weight
get heavier
grow fatter
grow fat
keep burning
rekindle
feed
stir
add fuel to
be profuse
spin off
dwell on
elucidate
be prolix
complete
bag
jut
overhang
pout
pooch
bunch
beetle
project
start
pouch
extend the duration of
spin something out
rectify
detail
accompany
append
top
subsidiseUK
supply
subsidizeUS
insert
temper
drive
tighten up
make perfect
illume
burnish
propel
smooth
correct
reform
revamp
fix up
transcend
excel
change for the better
spread out
put on weight
make real
blossom
evolve
round off
upraise
stand out
stick out
intensity
blister
plump
become bloated
engorge
become inflated
fix
mitigate
assuage
forward
remediate
redress
unfurl
explicate
disentangle
dualize
replicate
dupe
duplify
add fuel to fire
eke out
fill up
punch up
well up
put fuel on
become swollen
be inflated
follow up
upscale
animate
multiply by two
enliven
play out
awaken
transition
finish
pan out
work
spin
aid
titivate
inspirit
favourUK
advantage
favorUS
benefit
add value to
contribute to
drive forward
spruce up
give a facelift to
give a boost to
encourage the growth of
perk up
give a lift to
do up
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